Noninvasive therapies
Treating phantom pain with noninvasive therapies is a matter of trial and observation as with medications,. phantom pain may be relieved by the following techniques.
• TENS Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation In this a device sends a weak electrical current via adhesive patches on the skin near the area of pain. This may interrupt or mask pain signals, preventing them from reaching your brain. Although safe and painless, With phantom pain TENS doesn’t work for everyone.
• Acupuncture. Acupuncture can be an effective treatment for some types of chronic pain and this has been found bye ‘The National Institutes of Health’. In acupuncture, the practitioner inserts extremely fine, sterilized stainless steel needles into the skin at specific points on the body. To release the body’s natural pain-relieving endorphins it is thought that acupuncture stimulates your central nervous system.
